Personal Development

The aim of our Personal development curriculum is to develop healthy, happy children who are aware of: how to look after themselves, show respect for others, positively engage in wider society and thrive as individuals.

We will do so by delivering a curriculum & ethos that:

• Raises the profile of the British Values and embeds them into our pupils understanding of what it means to be a British Citizen.
• Develop our pupils holistically and allow them to build their positive character traits during their school career.
• Is progressive and focuses on the key areas of ; Safety. Health, Relationships, Responsibilities, All About Me and Enterprise.
• Develop a toolkit of strategies to promote good mental wellbeing starting in Nursery and continuing throughout school.
• Exposes children to topic specific vocabulary that will expand their knowledge and build progressively on their knowledge each year.
• Is agreed and approved by parents (where appropriate) in the community to ensure there is external support of the curriculum we deliver.
• Enables children to have the tools to stay safe both on and offline.
• Promotes healthy relationships and provides information to support pupils in identifying such relationships and what to do if not.
• Supports both the physical and mental wellbeing of our pupils to allow them to thrive.
• Develops their skills in managing their own self-image, self-esteem and mental wellbeing.
• Identifies bullying and discriminatory behaviour and gives pupils the tools to prevent this from happening.
• Promotes pupil leaderships and action based on identified priorities by the pupils and staff.
• Extends beyond the academic, vocational or technical and provides for pupils’ broader development.
• Provides high quality pastoral support to both children and families.
• Promotes active citizenship.
• Promotes active movement and playtimes within school.